Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

14 Newly established enterprises1 in 2003 survived in 2008, by growth in employment and turnover, and sex of the owner
  Number of enterprises Number of enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Share of enterprises with growth/no growth in employment Number of enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover Share of enterprises with growth/no growth in turnover
  Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth Growth No growth
Total 6 839 2 988 3 851 43.7 56.3 5 086 1 753 74.4 25.6
Both women and men  168 86 82 51.2 48.8  121 47 72.0 28.0
Women 1 727  788  939 45.6 54.4 1 103  624 63.9 36.1
Men 4 944 2 114 2 830 42.8 57.2 3 862 1 082 78.1 21.9
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.

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